The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-01-14
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Gen. Logan at Vicksburg.

anu u following "reminiscences
clipped from the N. o. Picavune
will be of interest to many Iuhabi
tants OF the Hill City. 1t shout,
be remembered that wherever For
Hill is referred TO, the fort on th,
Jackson road is meant:
"We used TO think Won cxpose,
yourself when there Wasn't need OF
1t, sometimes some one remarked.
especially at V~icksburg, when we
saw yon get out from cover and
look through your glasses at the
works."
"1hat was a mistake" replied the
General, 81 never did anything OF
that kind unless | felt there was
occasion for it. Sometimes it is
necessary for IA commanding officer
to so into danger TO inspire the
right kind of feeling among his
men. Then there are acts that look
foollardy, but which are nothing
more than common sense. re.
member while we were in front of
Vlcksbnrg | was out on the line one
day. The rebels commenced shoot.
ing at me. AS soon as | discovered
what they were doing and had got
the range, l galIoped right along
down the line. They must have
fired 100 shots at me before | got
out OF the way. One bnllet Slight.
~ wounded the horse, and another
clipped the saddle. | suppose that
looked to some persons like cour.
age. 1t wasn't. 1t "a horse sense. =
If | bad turned and rode down the
hill right away from the front they
would probably have bored me =
through tue back half a dozen
times. By riding as | did | made :
it next to impossible for them to hit y
me-" Y
at is greatly a matter of chance :
in war;" continued the General.
ga little more or Il little less Expos.
ure doesn't make much difference. Ii
There is this that is in favor of the
MarkSmeu on the other
side are SO anxious to hit him that , T.,
they shoot too quick or get excited ia
and aim badly. l was wounded at CT
but you fellows never lin
it."
The General stopped and glanced =
1t the group of listeners with a q
Wrinkle in his eye.
"We heard the chair you was "a
on a hit" SAID one. 4
eyes" continued the General, 81
aid it on the GhhIif-.fexpGCt that Y
me0flOm a worse wound than B
got. The way it happened was
his: | was sitting, leaning back, 4
18th my right foot up against the
idgepOle of the tent. The bullet ?
truck the leg of the chair just at y
top and went in here" pointing y
the under portion Of the thigh. D
The surgeon dug the ball out aud 4
xed mt up. | told him not TO say = /
uything abOnt, and he didn't. 1t
as only a flesh wound. | didn't
ct in the saddle for some DAYS, but +
that was known about the mat. and
II was that the chair had been hit" will
"General," said one of the group, my
.he hottest place we were ever in,
icept Shiloh, was that assault
,ainSt Fort Hill at Vicksburg. IL
0 you remember it ~ ete,
eyes" was the reply. 81 do re
ember il. That assault was an =
to do the impossible. the
lew it whe we went in, but the owe
ders were to make the assault all put
Ong the line, and there was moth In
2 else to do. Three days after his
lrd we knew how we could have wat
successfully, but there and
d been no time for reconnois. him
nce the only thing we coald do gOn,
Is TO make the assault and carry man
t orders. There were the walls pair
enty feet high where we were, by G
th the marsh below. 1t was like of h
ling men to march against "A wall here
high as this house, with the enc. glaS,
on top. We lost many brave He's
that day" you
The General stopped a moment bless
-h a regretful look aud then went anyt
/: McClernand had telegraphed off t
IL tue side that be had the inside Lieb
the works there, aud that if an with
was made all along the line gave
could carry the notifications. mon,
at vas the basis for the order to specs
iault. But the result showed us thror
didn't have correct information burg
to the strong and weak places" !
Our regiment was in the skirm. 40
line that day." said a veteran. ,,d !
Lieb had kept the rebels ~;
Tn behind the breaStworks as :,
& as possible, while the assault. ou -
party was coming up. We did 80,
well tor a while, but when the s
= - o~a TT. UI, tN JuIT an oil
LIN "N0 wal "N
III We VIZ ''but
n yonro,JarS 49, "uu 'C,u paigr
ser. Lieb said sYOu tell Gen. a
gan l shove EN- aud he did have -
right M to that ditch, aud it was IT, ;,
} looking up the side of a house WIZ
zee the top OF the wall" nL
'Lieb IA a very brave man." porth
nmented the General. "He was rsrri,
one who took cOlOred troous siIo
l made that fight in Milliken's into f,
nd. Grant asked me about some
, TO put IN charge Of a cOlOrcd A.